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In the afternoons some of our students have been learning how to do a range of different things to eventually put together a movie.

They learnt how to:

Operate a camera and take clear photos
Find music on YouTube
Write and perform their own original song
Write a script to go along with their movie and
Combine everything together in iMovie (either on an iPad or computer)

Aren't they amazing learners and collaborators!!

I wonder...

I wonder...

Charlie H.

• "What the white thing is... is it the clouds that they just came out of or is it the smoke coming out the back?
• "Is it just the clouds or is it the world we can see?  Or is it both?"
• "Are the people wearing safety clothes or just normal clothes?"
• "Does it have a little see-through roof or is it just their head poking out in the fresh air?"

Micah

• "Why do airplanes have wings?"
• "Why do they have the little thing that points out like a little spinner (needle)?"
• "Do they have things like when they're driving a car (steering wheel)?"
• "If they have boosters to go fast?"

Thomas

• "Why they have a little wing on the back?"
• "Why they they go so high?"
• "If they have a parachute if they bump and fall out?"

Our concept learning is about water

Mrs Elliott's writing groups are looking at water.  How would these flowers help us find out how important water is to us? Some of flowers are in water, some are not.

"We were learning about water. We don't drink sea water, it is not good for you," said Micah.
"When you run and and drink water, water makes you cool off," said Jacqueline.
"We drink water because it helps us not get thirsty,"said Emma.
"When it is hot you will get sweaty when the sun is there, you need to drink water and have sun screen," said Sachintha.

Being Safe around Dogs

Today Miss Hinge brought in her dog, Alfie.  We were very pleased to meet him and spent some time listening to her answer out questions, learning about being safe around dogs and patting him.

We made this video for you to learn more about dog safety.

Sam came to visit to help us in writing!

Boston did an awesome job brushing Sammy!

Thank you for giving me a brush Aarav!

What did Sammy feel like?

I like meeting new people!

Pleased to meet you all!

Inventors in LH1!

Having read about different ways that scientists 'spy' on animals, we decided we'd like to create our own inventions to keep an eye on animals in the wild...

WALHT: Think Critically about Ideas in our Books

Some of the learners have been reading a book called Spying on Animals and have been learning to think critically about the book - that means that they question to make their own minds up about what they're reading.

Pictures like this got us thinking...

We discussed the question is it fair to spy on animals?  Here's what we thought...

listen to ‘Spying on animals’ on Audioboo

Fixing up Miss Holland's writing

Today in writing our writing group gave me feedback on my writing.

We broke it into two different parts - one was about how I could fix up the writing that I had already done, and the other part was helping me with ideas on what I could add or do differently.

Here they are sharing their feedback with me about how I could improve my writing...

Then we gave each other feedback.

Here's LH1 giving each other feedback and buddy conferencing each other during writing time...